My parents had some strange rules when my sister and I were growing up. For example, they never    1   us soda or juice. Our choice was water or iced tea   2   no sugar. My mom’s   3   for it was that she didn’t like kids who only drank sweet drinks, or worse, kids who did not like    4  ! She wanted to teach us to like water or    5   unsweetened drinks that did not come in a bottle. We, on the other hand, wanted to    6   a coke when we ate out. Now I can make my own decisions, but I    7  choose juice or soda. I don’t __ 8___ it. It’s not because I don’t like it. I’m just used to drinking water. Many people    9  to think that a kid needs juice. If the child can’t get it, he or she will secretly buy this kind of drink elsewhere. I found this really    10  , since I was raised    11   no juice or soda, and I didn’t really    12   only having water. Now people    13   kids to make their own choices,    14   I grew up in a family where the children’s opinions were seldom (很少) 15   for, and the parents made the final decisions.

My parents had some strange rules when my sister and I were growing up. For example, they never    1   us soda or juice. Our choice was water or iced tea   2   no sugar. My mom’s   3   for it was that she didn’t like kids who only drank sweet drinks, or worse, kids who did not like    4  ! She wanted to teach us to like water or    5   unsweetened drinks that did not come in a bottle. We, on the other hand, wanted to    6   a coke when we ate out. Now I can make my own decisions, but I    7  choose juice or soda. I don’t __ 8___ it. It’s not because I don’t like it. I’m just used to drinking water. Many people    9  to think that a kid needs juice. If the child can’t get it, he or she will secretly buy this kind of drink elsewhere. I found this really    10  , since I was raised    11   no juice or soda, and I didn’t really    12   only having water. Now people    13   kids to make their own choices,    14   I grew up in a family where the children’s opinions were seldom (很少) 15   for, and the parents made the final decisions.

1.                A．needed        B．sold            C．bought   D．left

2.                A．with           B．of             C．off  D．without

3.                A．decision        B．reason         C．hobby    D．experience

4.                A．soda           B．juice           C．water    D．milk

5.                A．another        B．the other        C．others    D．other

6.                A．order          B．reply           C．obey     D．achieve

7.                A．ever           B．never          C．always    D．sometimes

8.                A．think about      B．take care        C．pay for   D．think out

9.                A．like            B．seem           C．study D．get

10.               A．excited         B．difficult         C．interesting D．necessary

11.               A．on            B．with           C．by   D．for

12.               A．give up         B．care about      C．take pride in    D．agree with

13.               A．allow          B．design          C．teach     D．cause

14.               A．as             B．since          C．but   D．though

15.               A．added         B．asked          C．influenced D．regarded

从A—J选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。（选项中有两项是多余的）

W: Excuse me, sir.

M: Yes,    1.

W: I have been here for an hour to meet my father.    2.___

M: Are you sure of the time his flight arrives?

W:    3.He told me he would reach the airport at about 1:00 this afternoon

M: That’s true.    4.

W: What? BA506? Well, I don’t think it’s his flight number.

M:    5.

W: Yes, it’s VA407. I think...Oh, just a minute, please. Here.    6.Sorry, it’s VA408.

M: VA408? I see, madam,    7.but it will be two hours and twenty minutes late because of the bad weather in New York.

W: OK.    8.Thank you very much ,sir.

M: Good luck! Madam.

A. can I help you?

B. But I saw all the passengers come out except him.

C. I wrote it on my notebook.

D. Do you remember his flight number?

E. Flight BA506 has just arrived.

F. What’s his flight number?

G. the flight was to arrive at 1:00,

H. Then I will have to wait longer.

I. what can I do for you, madam?

J. Yes, I think so.   

完形填空
When I was in Grade Three, I was chosen to the heroine in the school play.
For weeks my mother helped me  1  my lines(台词), But once on stage.  Every word disappeared   2  my head.  My teacher asked me to change   3 and be the narrator.
Although I didn’t tell my mother  4 had happened that day, she   5 my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely  6 day.  It was warm.  In the yard all the flowers came out.  We could see lots of dandelions dancing among the colorful flowers.  How beautiful they were! I watched my mother carelessly bend down by some flowers.  “I think I am going to   7 all the useless grass. ” She said.
“But I like dandelions,” I said, “All flowers are   8  — even dandelions”.
My mother looked at me   9 .  “Yes, every flower shines in its own way, doesn’t it?” she said.  I nodded.  “So that is  10  of people, too. ” She added.
She had guessed my   11 .  I started to cry and told her the truth.
“You will be a great narrator. ” She said.  Then she told me   12 I loved to read stories to her when I was in Grade 1.
Over the next few   13 I learned to take pride in the role.  The big day finally   14 .  A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me.  “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, passing me a dandelion.  After the play, I took the flower home, laughing that I was perhaps   15 person who would keep such a common dandelion.

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